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The Moon on Thursday, May 20, 2049: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 87.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 11°

Moon age

18.5days

Moon phase on May 20, 2049Waning Gibbous

Thursday 20 May 2049363,755 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, May 20, 2049, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 87.5% of its visible face lit, 18.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.5%Illumination at noon UTC
18.5 dMoon age
363,755 km226,027 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (11°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to May 20, 2049 is on Monday, May 17, 2049 at 11:14 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, May 31, 2049 at 14:00 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, May 17, 204911:14
Last Quarter (after)Monday, May 24, 204902:54

The Moon around May 20

More about this date

Thursday, May 20, 2049 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of May 2, 2049 to the new moon of May 31, 2049, a cycle of 29.58 days.